Dystopian Fiction

What's Next After The Hunger Games: 10 Young Adult Dystopias Coming Out 2012

Lisa Parkin | Posted 04.06.2012

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Lisa Parkin

The number of dystopian-themed books is at its highest since the 1960s. What Young Adult dystopians are you looking forward to reading this year?

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The Hunger Games and the Death of Winner-Take-All Capitalism

Russell C. Smith | Posted 04.10.2012

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Russell C. Smith

In the same way Orwell wrote about 1948 and titled his novel 1984, one can ask whether The Hunger Games is a reflection of our current world or a warning of horrific things to come.

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A Look at Unhappy Literary Characters

Dave Astor | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Unhappiness, Edith Wharton, Marriage, Freedom, Fame, Dystopian Fiction, Depression, Guilt, Relationships, Jonathan Franzen, Libraries, War, Novels, Racism, Parenting, Books News
Dave Astor

I recently read Freedom, and one thing that struck me was how unhappy the Patty Berglund character was for much of that excellent novel. And one couldn't always figure out why Patty was so glum.

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Top 10 Young Adult Fantasy Books You Should Read

Lisa Parkin | Posted 04.16.2012

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Lisa Parkin

With The Hunger Games movie coming out in March, the frenzy for young adult fiction has reached an all-time high. For those of you who still haven't read young adult books, here are a few suggestions.

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Must-Read Dystopian Novels For 'Hunger Games' Fans

| Sara Gartman | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Green Heart Alice Hoffman, Dystopian Fiction, Fever Crumb, Ya Fiction, The Bar Code Tattoo, The Ellie Chronicles, Green Angel Alice Hoffman, Teen Fiction, Above Leah Bobet, Empty Suzanne Weyn, Green Witch Alice Hoffman, Ashes Ashes Jo Treggiari, Science Fiction, The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins the Hunger Games, The Eleventh Plague, High School News

You've read The Hunger Games nine times, wrote an essay on its major themes, discussed the book in excrutiating detail with your friends, decided whi...

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Black Friday Mania: 11 Dystopian Books

Madeleine Crum | Posted 11.25.2011

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The bizarre and sometimes violent social phenomenon that is Black Friday is upon us. Although past years have resulted in sleep loss, trampling and st...

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Interview With Anna North, Author of America Pacifica

Teddy Wayne | Posted 08.14.2011

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Teddy Wayne

In the not too distant future of Anna North's debut novel, Darcy lives on the island of America Pacifica -- one of the last habitable places on earth after the second ice age. I spoke with her about the politics of her novel, and science-fiction.

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'The Hunger Games' And One Mother's Frazzled Nerves

Meredith Lopez | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Motherhood, Parenting, Life of Pi, Battle Royale, The Hunger Games, Dystopian Fiction, Kids Books, Dystopian Young Adult Fiction, Dystopian Children's Books, Dystopian Kids Books, Teenager Books, Young Adult Fiction, Healthy Living News
Meredith Lopez

If you are a parent, then reading books about starving, near-death or homicidal teenagers will mess you up. Reading five of these books in a row will really mess you up.

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The Best Books of the Decade

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Snow, My Name Is Red, The Museum of Innocence, White Teeth, Aleksander Hemon, Orhan Pamuk, Civil Liberties, Dystopian Fiction, Modernization, Margaret Atwood, William Boyd, Multiculturalism, Philip Roth, Oryx and Crake, Netherland, Immigrants, Zadie Smith, Joseph O'Neill, Poetry, Fundamentalism, Terrorism, The Plot Against America, Iraq War, Post-9/11 America, Bush Administration, Racism, Islam, Books News
Anis Shivani

Orhan Pamuk's The Museum of Innocence will be interpreted by clueless reviewers as one about "obsession," just as they might view Nabokov's Lolita to be about "pedophilia."

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